Sunday, February 8, 2009

Brussels (News) - Wah Iran more powerful countries. State has issued this announcement that the state of Iran has launched its first own satellite, if correct, would prove that the Islamic republic has rudal capable attack Israel and southeast Europe, a NATO officer says. However, the officer said, requesting that id concealed, one week time needed to verify whether the statement of Iran has launched a satellite Omid (Hope) to the outer space with home-made rocket outer sapphire-2 is correct. "It took many days for all countries to learn that information," said the marshal, as AFP reported.

"First we will verify whether it is a correct satellite and the satellite altitude paad is mengorbit," he said.

He says it seems "satellite is light weight, ie between 25 to 40 kilograms and the height mengorbit at 250 and 500 km."

"If this is correct, it will mean that they can be launched missile to the target until 3000 as far as 2000 km, and therefore has a range that can strike targets in Israel and some European.

System ALTMD

According to the officer that, NATO has developed a system "layer Theater Defense Rudal On (ALTMD) to protect the country more, such as Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and possibly Turkey.

The telling, ALTMF is a "system of the car", which can protect a variety of this region and its population, the radius of 2000 kilometers.

U.S. has been expanding shield anti-rudalnya to Europe, with 10 in Poland rudal hunter fund a radar in the Republic of Cheko, to confront every threat from the "hard state" like Iran.

However, the shield will not cover southeastern Europe, and NATO has been considering whether to "combine" ALTMD own system in the U.S.. Presien new U.S., Barack Obama, has not stated reaction up rudal the shield, which was developed under the governance of the digantikannya, former President George W. Bush.

However, a senior U.S. official has said Obama will likely announce the re-up costs and the progress made to date.